Regional

2:32 pm

Sun August 8, 2010

Four Police Commanders Suspended In Juarez

Juarez, Mexico – Four federal police commanders have been suspended from their posts in Juarez following allegations from subordinates that they have links to drug traffickers.

The action by the Public Safety Department comes just hours after 200 federal police officers in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez detained one of their superiors at gunpoint. They accused the supervisor of having connections to drug cartels and having participated in kidnappings, killings and extortion.

The department said in a statement late Saturday that the commander held by officers earlier in the day was transferred to Mexico City along with three other officials. All will be investigated for "possible irregular conduct."